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Ulmus 'Acutifolia'

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Cultivar
  
'Acutifolia'

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Origin
  
UK

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Acutifolia' was first described (as U. campestris acutifolia) by Masters [1] in Hortus Duroverni 66. 1831, and later by Mottet [2] in Nicholson [3] & Mottet, Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage 5: 383, 1898.

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Description

The tree has been described as having narrower leaves and branches more pendulous when mature.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive. One tree survived in Withdean Park, Brighton for many years, until it was felled in 1978, having succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease.

Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris acutifolia: Masters, Hortus Duroverni 66. 1831, and Mottet in Nicholson & Mottet, Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage 5: 383, 1898.
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    Ulmus 'Acutifolia' Wikipedia